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Ex-Ecija town mayor gets 16 years for malversation
Former Laur, Nueva Ecija mayor Blas Canlas has been convicted of malversation of public funds amounting to PHP3.5 million in unliquidated cash advances from 2006.
The Sandiganbayan Fourth Division sentenced him to 10 to 16 years imprisonment and perpetually disqualified him from holding public office.
He was ordered to return PHP3,508,342.96 to the municipal government of Laur.
The cash advances were reportedly for various reasons including 'intelligence expenses,' an Investment and Travel Expo in Hong Kong, and a World Forum in Canada, among others.
The court found that Canlas failed to prove the liquidation of these cash advances, leading to the conviction.
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